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Thaddeus 1972
Thaddeus, P., 1972: The short-wavelength spectrum of the microwave background. Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 10, no. 1, 305-334, doi:10.1146/annurev.aa.10.090172.001513.
This review deals with recent determinations of the intensity of the microwave background radiation at wavelengths too short for direct observation from the ground, the short-wavelength background being defined here as that covering the spectral range from roughly 3 to 0.3 mm. The most important information in this region has been obtained directly from far-infrared telescopes carried above the lower atmosphere by rockets and balloons, and indirectly from ground-based optical and radio observations of interstellar molecules. The essential question to be considered — of very great interest to both cosmology and high-energy astrophysics — is whether the short-wavelength spectrum is that of a ∼3°K blackbody, as direct measurements show it to be at longer wavelengths, whether as some rocket observations suggest a great deal of additional radiation exists, or whether at wavelengths shorter than about 2 mm there is indeed any radiation at all — a possibility that cannot be entirely discounted.
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@article{th06200a,
author={Thaddeus, P.},
title={The short-wavelength spectrum of the microwave background},
year={1972},
journal={Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics},
volume={10},
number={1},
pages={305--334},
doi={10.1146/annurev.aa.10.090172.001513},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - th06200a AU - Thaddeus, P. PY - 1972 TI - The short-wavelength spectrum of the microwave background JA - Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. JO - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 305 EP - 334 DO - 10.1146/annurev.aa.10.090172.001513 ER -
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